WOLLASTONEis a village, parish and station on the South Wales railway, 5 miles north-east from Chepstow, 12 south-east from Monmouth, 11 south-west from Newnham and 134 from London, situated on the western bank of the River Severn. The village, which is very much scattered, partly lies on the high road from Newnham to Chepstow, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Westbury, union and county court district of Chepstow, rural deanery of South Forest, archdeaconry of Gloucester and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol.

The church of St. Andrew is an ancient and curiously formed structure in the Norman style, beautifully restored in 1859: it consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, organ chamber and a massive western tower; the church is entered on the south side through an old porch, and the interior is rendered exceedingly noble by the length and height of the nave, combined with its fine timbered roof; the arcade which divides the aisle from the nave consists of double shafts of polished marble, with richly foliated capitals; the large east window of the chancel is stained. The register dates from the year 1688. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value, with the chapelries of Alvington and Lancaut annexed, about £640, with residence, in the gift of S.S. Marling, esq. M.P. and held by the Rev. William Somerset, LL.D. of Magdalene College, Cambridge. The charities are about £7. 10s. Yearly.

Samuel Stephens Marling, esq. M.P. is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is mostly gravel; subsoil limestone and sandstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and fruit. The area is 4,376 acres of land and 1,040 or water. Rateable value, £8.084 ; the population in 1871 was 998